Sports

Women’s tennis plays in NCAA tournament

The women’s tennis team fell to Ohio Northern University 5-1 in a first-round NCAA Division III championship match, hosted by Emory University in Atlanta in mid-May. Under head coach Chuck Brown, the Pioneers had qualified for the event by winning the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament in the fall after finishing with a 12-4 season record.

The Pioneers got their only point in the match off an 8-2 win by their No. 1 doubles team, seniors Kelsey Fulkerson and Stephanie Townsend.